GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fossils can provide evidence of how life has changed over time, how Earth’s surface has changed, and clues about what past environments were like.

Detailed explanation-2: -They can teach us where life and humans came from, show us how the Earth and our environment have changed through geological time, and how continents, now widely separated, were once connected. Fossils provide important evidence for evolution and the adaptation of plants and animals to their environments.

Detailed explanation-3: -fossil record, history of life as documented by fossils, the remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods preserved in sedimentary rock.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are a variety of ways that fossils can form that often depend on the characteristics of the organism. Some common types of fossilization include: molds and casts, permineralization, replacement, compression, trace fossils, and freezing.

Detailed explanation-5: -Body Fossils. Molecular Fossils. Trace Fossils. Carbon Fossils. Pseudofossils.